On 10/14/19 2:18 PM, Robert G (Doc) Savage via users wrote:
I'm afraid creating that little file had no effect on my touchpad. I
can disable the touchpad in Windows with a BIOS setting, but F30
doesn't seem to care.
That doesn't make sense. The BIOS setting should disconnect the
touchpad rega
Robert G (Doc) Savage via users writes:
On Sat, 2019-10-12 at 08:22 -0400, Sam Varshavchik wrote:
> Robert G (Doc) Savage via users writes:
>
> Insofar as X, if you want to disable the infernal click-to-tap, just
> create
> the following file:
>
> [mrsam@thinkpad ~]$ cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/10-
On Sat, 2019-10-12 at 08:22 -0400, Sam Varshavchik wrote:
> Robert G (Doc) Savage via users writes:
>
> > On Wed, 2019-10-09 at 22:08 -0400, Sam Varshavchik wrote:
> > > My C++ compiles are getting longer. It's time to get new
> > > hardware,
> > > but I'm
> > > having some difficulty finding Fedo
On Sat, 2019-10-12 at 08:42 -0400, Sam Varshavchik wrote:
> but it's still overkill for me, with their liquid-cooled setup.
If you're considering multi-processor things for lots of actual
computing, then I'd say cooling is going to be a consideration. A
newer system with all that is probably goin
On Wed, 09 Oct 2019 23:53:39 -0400, Sam Varshavchik wrote:
> And Nvidia's proprietary driver is another thing I'd rather not deal with.
> it seems that most vendors ship new Nvidia chipsets that x.org lists as not
> supported.
One issue with Nvidia chipsets is that Fedora works fine without t
On Sat, 12 Oct 2019 at 16:10, Samuel Sieb wrote:
> On 10/12/19 5:42 AM, Sam Varshavchik wrote:
> > George N. White III writes:
> >
> >> https://www.titancomputers.com/Titan-W299-Intel-Core-i9-SkyLake-Series-3D-CAD-p/w299.htm
> >
> https://www.titancomputers.com/Titan-W299-Intel-Core-i9-SkyLake-S
On 10/12/19 5:42 AM, Sam Varshavchik wrote:
George N. White III writes:
https://www.titancomputers.com/Titan-W299-Intel-Core-i9-SkyLake-Series-3D-CAD-p/w299.htm>https://www.titancomputers.com/Titan-W299-Intel-Core-i9-SkyLake-Series-3D-CAD-p/w299.htm
offers Fedora on Core i9 workstations. T
On 10/12/19 5:19 AM, Sam Varshavchik wrote:
Samuel Sieb writes:
If you don't mind saying, what country are you in? Would you be
comfortable with building the system yourself? You will probably find
it difficult to get the combination you want otherwise.
USA. I'm ok building everything toget
On Sat, 12 Oct 2019 at 09:43, Sam Varshavchik wrote:
> George N. White III writes:
>
> > https://www.titancomputers.com/Titan-W299-Intel-Core-i9-SkyLake-
> > Series-3D-CAD-p/w299.htm>
> https://www.titancomputers.com/Titan-W299-Intel-
> > Core-i9-SkyLake-Series-3D-CAD-p/w299.htm
> >
> > offers Fe
George N. White III writes:
https://www.titancomputers.com/Titan-W299-Intel-Core-i9-SkyLake-
Series-3D-CAD-p/w299.htm>https://www.titancomputers.com/Titan-W299-Intel-
Core-i9-SkyLake-Series-3D-CAD-p/w299.htm
offers Fedora on Core i9 workstations. They only sell the high end i9's in
a case
Robert G (Doc) Savage via users writes:
On Wed, 2019-10-09 at 22:08 -0400, Sam Varshavchik wrote:
> My C++ compiles are getting longer. It's time to get new hardware,
> but I'm
> having some difficulty finding Fedora-friendly hardware, that's
> slightly
> above average grade, such as dual CPU an
Samuel Sieb writes:
On 10/11/19 6:27 PM, Sam Varshavchik wrote:
My requirements are not very stringent. Onboard video and audio will do, as
long as it works out of the box with x.org, and has reasonable compositing
and can keep up with full screen video playback. Dual 1GB NIC, a pair of
SA
On Fri, 11 Oct 2019 at 22:27, Sam Varshavchik wrote:
> Tim via users writes:
>
> > On Wed, 2019-10-09 at 22:08 -0400, Sam Varshavchik wrote:
> > > My C++ compiles are getting longer. It's time to get new hardware,
> > > but I'm having some difficulty finding Fedora-friendly hardware,
> > > that's
On Wed, 2019-10-09 at 22:08 -0400, Sam Varshavchik wrote:
> My C++ compiles are getting longer. It's time to get new hardware,
> but I'm
> having some difficulty finding Fedora-friendly hardware, that's
> slightly
> above average grade, such as dual CPU and spinning rust (I haven't
> gotten
>
On Fri, 2019-10-11 at 21:27 -0400, Sam Varshavchik wrote:
> Maybe I'm off base, but who still puts button cell batteries on their
> motherboards?
Just about every board I've seen... It's for the clock, more than
anything else. I've seen (old) systems that used a rechargeable
battery, instead, bu
On 10/11/19 6:27 PM, Sam Varshavchik wrote:
My requirements are not very stringent. Onboard video and audio will do,
as long as it works out of the box with x.org, and has reasonable
compositing and can keep up with full screen video playback. Dual 1GB
NIC, a pair of SATA drives, and then as ma
Tim via users writes:
On Wed, 2019-10-09 at 22:08 -0400, Sam Varshavchik wrote:
> My C++ compiles are getting longer. It's time to get new hardware,
> but I'm having some difficulty finding Fedora-friendly hardware,
> that's slightly above average grade, such as dual CPU and spinning
> rust (I h
On Wed, 2019-10-09 at 22:08 -0400, Sam Varshavchik wrote:
> My C++ compiles are getting longer. It's time to get new hardware,
> but I'm having some difficulty finding Fedora-friendly hardware,
> that's slightly above average grade, such as dual CPU and spinning
> rust (I haven't gotten quite aboar
On Thu, 10 Oct 2019 at 09:15, Sam Varshavchik wrote:
> George N. White III writes:
>
> > In general, multiple CPU's only make sense if you need more cores than
> you
> > can get (or afford) on one CPU. The exception might be cases like
> compiles
> > where there are lots of independent processe
On Thu, 10 Oct 2019 at 12:53, Tim via users
wrote:
> On Thu, 2019-10-10 at 07:03 -0400, Sam Varshavchik wrote:
> > SSDs haven't been around long enough, I feel, for their claimed
> > longevity to be proven.
>
I used to work at an oceanographic institute, so many systems got
used at sea (in the N
On 10/10/19 5:14 AM, Sam Varshavchik wrote:
George N. White III writes:
In general, multiple CPU's only make sense if you need more cores than
you
can get (or afford) on one CPU. The exception might be cases like
compiles
where there are lots of independent processes and you benefit from do
On 10/10/19 4:03 AM, Sam Varshavchik wrote:
Samuel Sieb writes:
I'm not understanding what you mean here. What's wrong with several
decades?
I've got HDDs that are already that old. They still work fine. They'll
probably work fine for just as long.
SSDs haven't been around long enough, I f
On Thu, Oct 10, 2019 at 08:14:35AM -0400, Sam Varshavchik wrote:
> I understand all of these factors. I'm looking for some links to
> vendors that delivered something that Fedora ran on, without issues.
> Google is not cooperating.
I got a desktop system from Zareason configured with Fedora pre-in
On Thu, 2019-10-10 at 07:03 -0400, Sam Varshavchik wrote:
> SSDs haven't been around long enough, I feel, for their claimed
> longevity to be proven.
While that is true, it is hard to predict future performance of a new
product.
> And no matter what it is, SSDs have a ticking clock, counting down
On 10/10/19 11:53 AM, Sam Varshavchik wrote:
I just can't get used to the concept on an expiration date on my storage. I've
got rust here that's been spinning for a decade,
FWIW, I have several systems using SSD only. The maker being Crucial. I was
not an early adopter.
I looked at the "wo
On Wed, Oct 9, 2019 at 9:09 PM Sam Varshavchik
wrote:
> My C++ compiles are getting longer. It's time to get new hardware, but
> I'm
> having some difficulty finding Fedora-friendly hardware, that's slightly
> above average grade, such as dual CPU and spinning rust (I haven't gotten
> quite aboar
George N. White III writes:
In general, multiple CPU's only make sense if you need more cores than you
can get (or afford) on one CPU. The exception might be cases like compiles
where there are lots of independent processes and you benefit from double
the cache, but you can also get CPU mode
On 10/10/19 6:54 PM, Sam Varshavchik wrote:
Ed Greshko writes:
On 10/10/19 11:53 AM, Sam Varshavchik wrote:
And Nvidia's proprietary driver is another thing I'd rather not deal with. it
seems that most vendors ship new Nvidia chipsets that x.org lists as not
supported.
May I ask where that
Samuel Sieb writes:
On 10/9/19 8:53 PM, Sam Varshavchik wrote:
I just can't get used to the concept on an expiration date on my storage.
I've got rust here that's been spinning for a decade, and I've been banging
away it, constantly. Hard. I'm told that even under constant use modern SSDs
On Wed, 9 Oct 2019 at 23:09, Sam Varshavchik wrote:
> My C++ compiles are getting longer. It's time to get new hardware, but
> I'm
> having some difficulty finding Fedora-friendly hardware, that's slightly
> above average grade, such as dual CPU and spinning rust (I haven't gotten
> quite aboard
Ed Greshko writes:
On 10/10/19 11:53 AM, Sam Varshavchik wrote:
And Nvidia's proprietary driver is another thing I'd rather not deal with.
it seems that most vendors ship new Nvidia chipsets that x.org lists as not
supported.
May I ask where that list is located?
https://nouveau.freedesk
On Wed, 2019-10-09 at 23:53 -0400, Sam Varshavchik wrote:
> I just can't get used to the concept on an expiration date on my
> storage. I've got rust here that's been spinning for a decade, and
> I've been banging away it, constantly. Hard. I'm told that even under
> constant use modern SSDs are r
On 10/9/19 8:53 PM, Sam Varshavchik wrote:
Actually I did manage to get a laptop, from linuxlaptops, with a
spinning HD this year. They do still exist.
That's not what I meant. Almost all laptops still come with spinning
drives, but I've been replacing them with SSDs. The laptop drives are
On 10/10/19 11:53 AM, Sam Varshavchik wrote:
And Nvidia's proprietary driver is another thing I'd rather not deal with. it
seems that most vendors ship new Nvidia chipsets that x.org lists as not
supported.
May I ask where that list is located?
--
If simple questions can be answered with a s
Samuel Sieb writes:
On 10/9/19 7:08 PM, Sam Varshavchik wrote:
My C++ compiles are getting longer. It's time to get new hardware, but I'm
having some difficulty finding Fedora-friendly hardware, that's slightly
above average grade, such as dual CPU and spinning rust (I haven't gotten
quite
On 10/9/19 7:08 PM, Sam Varshavchik wrote:
My C++ compiles are getting longer. It's time to get new hardware, but
I'm having some difficulty finding Fedora-friendly hardware, that's
slightly above average grade, such as dual CPU and spinning rust (I
haven't gotten quite aboard the SSD train, wi
My C++ compiles are getting longer. It's time to get new hardware, but I'm
having some difficulty finding Fedora-friendly hardware, that's slightly
above average grade, such as dual CPU and spinning rust (I haven't gotten
quite aboard the SSD train, with its built-in expiration date).
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